I've got an unfortunate problem. I'm using Visual C++ Introductory Edition (provided in the class book). Suddenly today, when I press compile (or link, or execute), the program just sits there and says "Compiling..." Completely dead. So I try to exit the program, and it says I cannot exit when a "build is in progress". So I hit the Stop Build button, which does absolutely nothing whatsoever. I have to close the program from the Task Manager. I've tried reinstalling the program, which didn't fix anything. I'm out of ideas. The program worked fine a few days ago; I changed nothing, and today it's broken. Any thoughts? Thanks, Marshall

========================================================= This usually doesn't happen unless something has been added or updated. Check the add/remove programs list and sort it by the date of installation and look for any occurances of installed applications/driver software that may have ocurred recently (this will include automatic WinXP Pro updates) and try removing it. Also, check the state of your system restore and see if you can regress the OS back to a prior state (hopefully not more than a week ago) and see if that does anything for you. Beyond that, completely uninstall VC first before trying to reinstall it. borelli35

Thanks for the suggestion. I just installed some beta Nvidia drivers recently, but I didn't think that would have any effect (I still have no idea why it would). I'll try tinkering with that when I get home.